Larry Holmes vs Mike Tyson

Larry had tendency to carry his hands low and peak Tyson was scary fast. That said I take Larry. This is no insult to Iron Mike, Larry ia an all time great who often does not get the credit he deserves.

 

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Larry would have some rough goings early, but his skills, experience, and toughness would lead him to a 12th round stoppage. The man survived Shavers, so Tyson couldn't do nothing to a prime Holmes.

 

Tyson was trained by D'Amato specifically to beat Holmes, as they thought he'd be the one to dethrone Larry. Shavers, Snipes and Weaver almost had Holmes out. Tyson would finish the job exactly like he did.

 

Tyson.

Larry carried his left low and was always a sucker for the right hand. Tyson will eventually find him and when he does, he'll finish the job Shavers couldn't.

 

prime Tyson would stop prime Holmes.

He'd slip Larry's jab, get inside and work the body. He'd land right hands over Larry's low left. Larry would try to tie him up and reset. This would allow him to make it into the late rounds. It wouldn't be easy, but Mike would wear him down for a late stoppage.

Prime Larry went life and death with prime Weaver, who was much slower and easier to hit than prime Tyson.

 

Larry came within five seconds of surviving round four against Tyson when old and insufficiently prepared, only in it for the three million dollar payoff from Don King. It wasn't the Holmes of 1982 or Shavers I. It took Tyson 45 seconds from the second knockdown to the finisher to close the show. Against peak Holmes, that wouldn't cut it.

Mike had problems with his opponents tying him up to neutralize him at close quarters, and we saw Larry do some of this when they squared off. It wasn't as if Holmes didn't have lots of experience sparring in this situation when good buddy Frazier was in his prime.

This thing goes into double digit rounds, Tyson's finding his head going under water. Larry's effective use of height, reach and mobility would prove too much for the 5'10" guy with the 71 inch reach to overcome. Mike might be able to get him on the deck early, but it wouldn't be nearly enough.

 

Correct and the reason Tyson did get the knockout is because Holmes got his arm stuck in the rope and gave Tyson a free shot. I wonder if Tyson would have caught him in the next round....

 

It could go either way. Tyson may have been perfectly suited to defeat Larry Holmes with his ability to slip and move inside with so much explosiveness. With that said if Holmes can get Mike Tyson`s respect early and establish the time and room Mike`s confidence would start to leak out pretty fast.

I would say Tyson early to mid or Larry late. If it goes into the late rounds I`m confident Holmes wins the fight. It goes to a place that has less to do with boxing and more to do with heart, desire and also stamina.

If my $ was on the table I`m gonna roll it on Tyson scoring a knockout around the 6th or 7th rounds. He just had so much speed.

 

This fight already happened, and Larry was knocked out.

Why?

 

Because he was way past his best and old, Tyson at that age was getting knocked out by Danny Williams...

 

You always bring up that arm stuck in the ropes incident. It was just a matter of time before Tyson stopped him. Larry was in all kinds of trouble well before his arm got stuck.

 

I bring it up because it actually did happen. Tyson more than likely stops him later on though. Still Larry was no where near his prime.